May
11
Mon
☾ Last Quarter Moon
May 11 @ 4:36 am – 4:36 am
May
15
Fri
Great Meadow Public Night @ Great Meadow
May 15 @ 6:00 pm – 11:00 pm

See front page of NOVAC Site for changes to event. More information about Great Meadow including directions and parking visit the Great Meadow Site page.

May
16
Sat
Cancelled – C.M. Crockett Public Night @ C.M. Crockett Park
May 16 @ 6:00 pm – 11:00 pm

 

The event is cancelled due to bad weather – Please read the C.M. Crockett Page for park details and check NOVAC front page for day of event for updates in case of cancellations.

 

May
17
Sun
âš« New Moon
May 17 @ 10:13 pm – 10:13 pm
May
23
Sat
Byron Bergert Imaging Group @ Loudoun Public County Library
May 23 @ 10:00 am – 1:00 pm
After some hunting, we’ve found a time, date, and location for the next meeting of NOVAC’s astro-imaging group, named in honor of late NOVACian Byron Bergert.

Tentatively, we’re hoping to hold this on 23 May from 10:00-1:00, in a meeting room at the Loudoun County Public Library on Hay Road in Ashburn, VA.  This is of course the Saturday of Memorial Day weekend, but given availability of meeting space, it was the first option we’ve been able to find for a while that doesn’t conflict with Astronomy Day on the 16th, so we’re going to go ahead and scheduling it.

There’s not typically a really structured agenda; an important part of this is informal discussion.  As a starting point for this session, however, Beth will be talking about solar imaging and processing techniques that she’s used for images she has sent out over the past few weeks to this list.  Kevin Quin also may do an imaging processing walkthrough with PixInsight, unless another member has some imaging data they’d like to try and do a processing walkthrough with.

We’ve had a few of our past attendees indicate that they can make it, but newcomers are always welcome as well.  This is really a low-intensity group; our aim is to make it really painless to join or contribute. If you have some astrophotography data you want some help processing, or something you’d like to show, or an imaging question you’d like to discuss, feel free to bring it up at the meeting–that’s what this is all about.

May
25
Mon
☽ First Quarter Moon
May 25 @ 11:19 am – 11:19 am
Jun
2
Tue
⚪ Full Moon
Jun 2 @ 10:19 am – 10:19 am
Jun
9
Tue
☾ Last Quarter Moon
Jun 9 @ 9:42 am – 9:42 am
Jun
13
Sat
Cancelled – C.M. Crockett Public Night @ C.M. Crockett Park
Jun 13 @ 6:00 pm – 11:00 pm

Clouds, rain & lightning predictions for today do not bode well for stargazing tonight, so I’m surrendering early and canceling the public night.

Please read the C.M. Crockett Page for park details and check NOVAC front page for day of event for updates in case of cancellations.

 

Sky Meadows Public Night @ Sky Meadows State Park
Jun 13 @ 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm

Public Night @ Sky Meadows – Check http://www.novac.com/wp/observing/sky-meadows/ for site details and directions.

NOTE: There is no admittance to Sky Meadows State Park after 9pm! Even if the event goes later.